Senior Quality Engineer

About the role

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. Basically, we're building robots that build robots. We are reimagining manufacturing through advanced robotics. Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer. We aim to empower manufacturers with intelligent, efficient, and adaptable robotic systems that redefine productivity and quality. As a founding member of our engineering team, you will have a direct and significant impact on our product, culture, and ultimate success. This role is 100% in-person at our office in the mission, SF. This role is for a Senior Quality Engineer who can build a quality function from first principles and run it credibly in front of demanding customers. You will architect our AS9100D-compliant Quality Management System (QMS) from scratch, lead the company through third-party certification, and own the system as our scope expands across new customers and programs. You will be the in-house technical authority on quality.

Responsibilities

• Architect, document, and own Foundry Robotics' AS9100D / ISO 9001:2015 QMS, and lead the company through third-party certification
• Run the internal audit program, management review, and supplier quality, ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements
• Own inspection plans, control plans, first article inspection, and quality records across assembly, test, and calibration operations
• Own nonconformance and corrective action end to end. Lead containment, drive root cause analysis, and prevent recurrence
• Serve as the quality point of contact for customer audits and source inspections, and report quality performance to leadership and customers
• Mentor inspectors, technicians, and junior quality staff as the team grows

Requirements

• 7+ years of quality engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or equivalent demonstrated experience
• Working expertise in AS9100D and/or ISO 9001:2015 is a prerequisite. You have built or operated inside the standard and can write procedures that pass external audit
• Demonstrated experience leading or materially contributing to a QMS implementation or third-party certification effort
• Fluency in structured problem solving, FMEA, control plans, and process capability analysis
• Strong GD&T fluency and the ability to read, interpret, and challenge engineering drawings
• Equally effective in a procedure review and on the shop floor
• Bias toward action, scrappy problem solving, and moving fast without sacrificing rigor
• Nice to Have (Not Required)
• ASQ certification, Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, or ISO 9001 / AS9100 lead auditor certification
• Experience with APQP / PPAP and IPC workmanship standards
• Experience in robotics, aerospace, defense, or other hardware-rich regulated industry
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent programs in a contract manufacturing environment
• Experience in an early-stage company where quality systems were built rather than inherited
• Why Join Us?
• This is one of the only places where world-class manufacturing operators, mechanical engineers, robotics researchers, and software engineers sit in the same room, building production systems together.
• We are committed to being deeply embedded in the U.S. industrial base. Our focus is simple: build adaptive robotic assembly systems that make American manufacturing scalable, resilient, and competitive again.
• The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of San Francisco is:
• $150,000 to $250,000 USD

Benefits

Your Match

How well this role fits your profile.

Company Intel

What employees say

Worked at Foundry Robotics Inc.? Share your experience